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Regenwurmlager

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The Regenwurmlager (Camp Regenwurm, literally: Camp Earthworm) is an extensive underground fortification area constructed by Germany in 1920s-1940s, now in western Poland, near the city of Międzyrzecz (formerly Meseritz). It was a system of underground bunkers interconnected by tunnels and corridors of total length over 100 km. In 1945 it was abandoned by the German troops retreating without significant fights.[1][2][3]

It was a military training camp (Truppenübungsplatz) for training of fortification troops and a reserve storage and rest area. It was located by the village of Nipter (now Nietoperek) southwest of the Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen defense line and named after the nearby creek, Regenwurm.[4] It is also close to the village of Kęszyca Leśna, where the Soviet military garrison was stationed, which investigated the area of Regenwurmlager.

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  2. ^ "The road to hell. Camp Earthworms Regenwurmlager" (retrieved March 2014)
  3. ^ "Historia" (History of Kęszyca Leśna) (retrieved March 22, 2014) Template:Pl icon
  4. ^ "Truppenübungsplatz Regenwurmlager" Template:De icon (retrieved March 2014)


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